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THE TERMINATOR
Saturday, January 11
12:30
Sunday, January 12
3:10
U.S., 1984
Directed by James Cameron
With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton
Approx. 107 min. DCP.
“The film’s primary antagonist, the supercomputer SkyNet, is essentially a reworked HAL-9000, an amoral technological entity bent on self-preservation. After achieving self-awareness and waging war against humankind throughout the early decades of the 21st century, SkyNet and its fleet of robotic warriors eventually fall, but not without a fight: Using a limited means of time travel, SkyNet sends one infiltration unit, a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger, perfectly cast as the flesh-covered cyborg), back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), the eventual mother of the eventual leader of the human resistance, John Connor. In response, the resistance sends one of its soldiers, Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), back in time to protect Sarah.” – SLANT Magazine
Reviews
“A genuine steel metal trap of a movie.”
– The Hollywood Reporter